Zombie

Context

The Zombie (Simon Garth) first appeared in 1953. But in practice, his body of appearances (so to speak) was unearthed in 1973, during Marvel’s big wave of horror titles. The Zombie even had his own book back then. He then appeared from time to time, until the late 2000s “Marvel Zombies” thing made him fresh again.

These notes are, at best, shambling. They were done decades ago, since zombie stats seemed useful, and derived from his TSR Marvel Super-Heroes RPG ones.

History

Simon Garth was a successful, rotten, brutal industrialist. He was murdered by his Haitian gardener and turned into a zombie in order to be punished forever. But the gardener was killed when he tried to force the Zombie to kidnap Garth’s daughter.

After that, the controlling amulet was held by a succession of folks. It caused mayhem and tragedy wherever the Zombie went.

The Zombie was laid to rest after two years of wandering by a powerful houngan.

In 1993, the Zombie was briefly reanimated by the murderous witch Calypso as a mystical experiment.

Description

He’s chalk-white and partially mummified, with long dirty black hair. Most of the flesh on his face is discomposed, and his clothes (a business suit) have mostly rotten away.